Cigarette package



June 6, 1933.

C ICTARETTE PACKAGE Filed Oct. 28. 1931 INVENTOF Jflrunner' BY ms ATTORNEY W Patented June 6, 1933 UNITED STATES JOSEPH BBUNNEB, OF YONKERS NEW YORK I ere'mn'rrn rncnen Application filed October 28, 1981. Serial 1T0. 571,485.

The main object of this invention is to provide a cigarette package which is constructed with windows so that the contents of the package is instantly visible andthe number of cigarettes at any time remaining in the package may be-readily observed.

Another object of this invention is to provide a cigarette package which-consists of an open frame wrapped in cellophane, the

frame being provided with a door which may be selectively opened to permit the extraction.

of a single cigarette by the user.

The above and other objects will become apparent in the description below, in which characters of reference refer to like named parts in the drawing.

Referring briefly to the drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a filled cigarette package, showing the door in partly opened position.

Figure 2 is a perspective View of the cigarette package frame.

. Figure 3 is a front elevational view of the frame, showing the door in closed position.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 10 indicates the long walls of a rectangular open-sided frame. These longwalls are joined by a rear wall 11 and a front wall 12. The chamber framed within these walls is adapted to be filled with closely packed cigarettes 13. From the top edge of the wall 12 (Fig. 1),

a slit, represented by the line 14, extends downward at a short distance from and par- 5 allel with the near edge (Fig. 1) of this wall. This slit forms one side of a door 15, whose opposite side is the upper portion of the said edge of the wall 12. In order to open this door, the same is bent away from the package on the dotted line 18 as a hinge. The door 15 is provided with a tongue 17 which is folded against the door before the package is opened, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. On this tongue a shoe 19, having its upper edge straight and flat, is attached by any suitable commonly known as cellophane, 16.

means. The entire article as thus far described may be made of sheet metal, thin wood, or paste-board. If the latter material is used, then the shoe 19 is preferably made of metal or other hard substance.

With the door in normally closed position as shown in Figs. 2 and- 3, the entire casing 15 wrapped in transparent paper such as that In order to open the package, a finger-nail may be run along the wrapping against the straight edge of the shoe 19, thus cutting the wrapping, and that portion of the wrapping lylng immediately "adjacent the tongue 17 may be folded back so .that the tongue may be grasped in the 'fingers and the door opened. After a cigarette has been removed from the package, the tongue 17 is folded back against the. opposite side of the door 15, so that upon re-closing thedoor this tongue C5 lies against the roof ig. 1) of the package- 1 and ensures a better sealing of the package.

" It is thus apparent that this package better preserves the cigarettes, once the package has been opened, against moisture andother external elements, than is possible in-the common type of package, which lacks any sealmg means.

It is to be noted that modifications in form and structure may be madewithout departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. A cigarette package comprising a substantially rectangular frame having four walls enclosing a chamber adapted to be filled with cigarettes, one of said Walls having a hinged door formed therein bounded by parallel sides," one of said sides being 'formedby the edge of said wall, a hinged extension on said door forming a tongue, a shoe on said tongue' having a straight edge of relatively" hard material, a transparent. wrapper enclosing said frame, said straight edge providing a cutting edge for a fingernail or the like to permit piercing of the wrapper adjacent the door.

2. A cigarette package comprising a substantially rectangular frame havin walls en-' 5 closing a chamber adapted to be led with cigarettes, one of said walls having a door formed therein, a transparent wrapper enclosing said frame, a tongue hinged to said door and having a straight edge of relatively hard material thereon to provide a cutting edge for a finger-nail or the like to permit piercing of the wrapper adjacent the door.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOSEPH BRUNN ER. 

